Tigers of the Snow : Sherpa Climbers

The Sherpas were not born climbers. When the British went to Everest in 1921, they hired porters. Yet by 1953 these Porters had become the famous 'Tigers of the Snow'. The book describes the decisive moment in the transformation of 'coolies' (porters and labourers) into the Sherpas as climbing legends: the German expedition to Nanga Parbat in 1934. During that disastrous climb, the Europeans unroped from their inexperienced porters and fled to sa...

By Jonathan Neale
Paperback: 352 pages
Publisher: Time Warner Books Uk (February 2003)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0349113505
ISBN-13: 978-0349113500
Product Dimensions: 5 x 0.8 x 7.8 inches
Amazon Rank: 5556905
Format: PDF ePub TXT ebook

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This book tosses history, culture, stories and people into a mixer and brings them out entwined–each connected–permanently forever.The author presents the past objectively yet inspires the reader to look closer, read more and question thoroughly the

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